US Patent:
20090239591, Sep 24, 2009
Inventors:
RACHID M. ALAMEH - CRYSTAL LAKE IL, US
GREG R. BLACK - VERNON HILLS IL, US
DANIEL J. SADLER - GILBERT AZ, US
Assignee:
MOTOROLA INC - LIBERTYVILLE IL
International Classification:
H04B 1/38
H04M 1/00
Abstract:
A wireless communication device () is disclosed. It can include: an electronic device () including a display (); a wearable device () including a first orientation detector () configured to detect a suitable display viewing orientation; and a controller () including a power saving module () coupled to the electronic device (), the controller () configured to control the operations of at least the display () in response to a suitable orientation detection. Advantageously, the wireless communication device () can provides a simple, portable, compact and robust power savings feature that can actuate a display when properly orientated for viewing by a user and not actuate the display when not suitably oriented.